[Python-checkins] bpo-28356: Document os.rename() behavior on Windows for differing volumes (GH-27376)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5c4afdf8bdcbd63f9833ca1223066d767f177001
commit: 5c4afdf8bdcbd63f9833ca1223066d767f177001
branch: 3.10
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: miss-islington <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2023-01-09T13:52:22-08:00
summary:

bpo-28356: Document os.rename() behavior on Windows for differing volumes (GH-27376)

(cherry picked from commit e098137cd3250af05f19380590b8dec79dc5942f)

Co-authored-by: Ryan Ozawa <ryan.ozawa21 at gmail.com>

files:
M Doc/library/os.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 7a5efcf5d79b..e5fc63afdcf5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -2302,6 +2302,8 @@ features:
    will fail with an :exc:`OSError` subclass in a number of cases:
 
    On Windows, if *dst* exists a :exc:`FileExistsError` is always raised.
+   The operation may fail if *src* and *dst* are on different filesystems. Use
+   :func:`shutil.move` to support moves to a different filesystem.
 
    On Unix, if *src* is a file and *dst* is a directory or vice-versa, an
    :exc:`IsADirectoryError` or a :exc:`NotADirectoryError` will be raised